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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23

his neighbors and never speaking of his past.
1t was known to the neighbors that he and
the murdered man had come from the same
n,ighborhood in Pennsylvania, but if the
two men had anything to do with each other
no one knew it, though they had been OBJ
served to speak In salutation when meeting
in the presence of others.
AT length, from the papers of Carr, /
learned the name of the postotfice in Penn
sylvania, from the neighborhood of which it
was supposed the two had come. addressed
a letter to the postmaster, making such in
quiry as hoped would elicit the desired In.
formation. Later l received the following
answer
July 2S, 1S65-Dear SIR A letter addressed
by you to the p. NJ here containing certain in
quiries concerning the past history of Mr..
Hagan, formerly resident here, has been handed
to me, to be answered or not, as 1 might deem
proper.
postmaster's conduct when tell you that the
person mentioned, Mr.. John Hagan, was my
uncle. Had your letter contained nothing
evincing more than idle curiosity, should not
have answered it. But that it does and the
wish to place my poor uncle's character In a
better light, led me to recur, once more, to as
sad a chapter of family history as was ever
written.
You will excuse me If use the fewest words
possible in reciting these principal facts.
My uncle's wife died years ago. leaving him
with the care of an infant daughter. He never
married again, but devoted his life to rearing
and educating this daughter. David Carr's
father was my uncle's nearest neighbor and
closest friend. The result was that the two
children, my cousin and David, were from
early childhood constantly together; played
together, studied together, my uncle teaching
them.
When grown, young Carr's attentions to my
cousin were such as to lead my uncle and
David's father to understand that the young
people were engaged a fact quite satisfactory
to both parents. David appeared to be an
honest youth and thoroughly In love with the
girl.
When he asked her hand in marriage no OBJ
lection was interposed. The day for the nup-
tials was fixed, but when it arrived young Carr
was missing.
betrayed the poor girl. A few days after this
discovery my uncle found his child In the attic
of his house dead She had hanged herself.
This blow dethroned my uncle's reason and
sane, from which. however, he was after some
smonths discharged as cured. He disposed of
his property and disappeared, and though l
endeavored in every way to learn of his
whereabouts heard nothing from or of him
until saw in a Cincinnati paper an account Of
the murder trial and of his death on the wit
ness stand when confronted with the evidence
of his guilt.
from heart trouble accounts for what can
but regard the fortunate sudden ending Of my
unhappy uncie's life.
That he was insane when he planned and ex-
ecmted the assassination of the wretch and
Hoping that you will make such use of this
as will best serve to soften the opinions of
those cognizant of the killing, in relation to
my poor uncle,
JABEZ HAGEN NJ d.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
THE LOVER AND THE ECHO.
ANNA 7. sINCLAIRE.

A youth there was who loved so well
A maiden, bright and fair to see,
That though herself afar did a-sli,
He'd have her voice an echo be.
Her sweet-toned voice an echo be.
And thus he raised to love shrine,
Then, racked by doubts 'twixt "mine"
and thine"
He wrote thereon "To love and thee"
And sighed ."She is in fancy free"
Came echo faint, "In fancy free"
The startled youth then knelt and prayed,
Distraught by fears of love betrayed.
maiden, wilt thou be true to me,
As am fondly true to thee2"
Soft echo whispered, True to thee"
The lovers heart with rapture beat,
And holder made by words so sweet,
TELL me-" he cried, "thou wilt be mine,
AS am thine, and only thineP
And echo answered, "Only thine"
Enamored by these sounds divine,
Yet trembling still before his shrine,
Dearest" he pleaded, II trust in thee,
Tell me, wilt thou thus trust in me-
Sweet came echo, Trust In meP
This loving youth then smiling rose,
Content that love gave blest repose,
Thence from his heart all doubts did flee,
And whilst he murm ured, II love theeT
Ever came echo. II love theel"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
FRENCH FRATERNITY.
How 1t Impresses Itself Upon the Notice %,
Other People.

How it Impresses Itself Upon the Notice Of
Other People.
In France indeed, fraternity is as IL wer
in the air. This sentiment, which is The
poetic side of the notion of equality, Il
which the French have been SO profoundly
attached since the very beginnings of mod
ern society, during the breakup of the mid
die ages, is to be read in the expression and
demeanor of every one to be met with in
the streets as Enthusiastically as it is stamped
on all the buildings belonging to the state.
lnsensibly you find yourself setting out with
the feeling that every stranger is
amicably disposed. Arriving from London,
either at Paris or at the smallest provincial
town-Calais itself, say-the absence of in
dividual competition, of personal preoccupa
ton, of all the varied inhospitality, the stony,
inaccessible selfabsorption which depress the
stranger in London whenever he is out OF
hail of an acquaintance, the conspicuous
amenity everywhere suffuses with
profoundly grateful warmth the very cookies
OF the Americans heart. At first it seems as
il all the world were really ones friends.
People with such an aspect and department
would be, certainly, in New York; in New
York you would feel almost as if you could
borrow money of them without security.
You look for the personal feeling the
warmth, the glow which such evident
amenity, stimulates in your own breast.
You find no real response. You feel some
is less agreeable to the Anglo-Saxon heart
than to discover that it has beaten with I'M
reasonable warmth, that the occasion really
called for no indulgence of sentiment. You
understand Thackeray's feeling toward the
distinguished foreigner" whom he met
crossing the channel, and who readily ad-
mitted the superiority of the Briton on the
seas or elsewhere" only to discover himself,
the voyage over in his real character of
hotel runner-or, as Thackeray puts it, IAN
impudent, sneaking swindling French hum
bug."-W c. BrOooNeH in Scribner's Magazine
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
COCOA-NUT PEARLS.
A Peculiar Eastern Jewel of Great Rarity
and Value.


Nature an English scientific periodical,
publishes communication from Dr. Sydney
]. Hickson, who says:
During my recent travels in North Cele-
bes, was frequently asked by the Dutch
planters and others if had ever seen CO.
coa-nut stone These stones are said to be
very rarely found Zone in 1000 or more) in
the perisperm of the cocoa-nut, and when
found are kept by the natives as a charm
against disease and evil spirits. This story
of cocoa-nut stone was so constantly told
me- and in every case without any variation in
its details, that l made every effort before
leaving to obtain some specimens, and event
ually succeeded in obtaining two. One of
these is nearly perfect sphere, IA nm. in
diameter, and the other, rather smaller in
size, is irregularly pear-shaped. In both speci-
mems the surface is worn nearly smooth by
friction. The spherical one i have had cut
into halves, but can find no concentric
or other markings on the polished cut sur
faces"
Nature also publishes other communica-
tons on the subject, from which it appears
that cocOa-nut pearls are well known in the
East. They are calcareous corrections occa-
sionally found IN the milk of the nut. They
are said to be so rare in the East Indies as to
be highly priced by the native rajahs, and
that they sometimes reach the size of
cherries. This pearl resembles the common
variety in smoothness, whiteness and scant
lustre of surface.
Give man six feet of earth and he will
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
TIE MODERN SHAKESPEARE.
WADE WHIPPLE.

Chief of Police Leander Brown, of Madi-
son, N. j., was made the happy father of
triplets, two boys and girl, last February,
and lately they were christened Leander
Cleveland, John Grover and Leonora Frances.
-.Nems Item.
Grover-"Danielr
Daniel "My lordp'
Grover "Fore heaven, I've work for
thee.
Write thou mandate to the senators
Decreeing their immediate recall,
And speed it everywhere throughout the
Shades of old Dracol but I'll give them laws
To bind upon this madcap populace."
Daniel-"1t shall be as thou sayest stree"
Grover 'But stay
Visit thee the record O. this naming craze,
This titulary mania that anoints
Twins, triplets, foundlings, htters, every
thing
With name of our good lady and ourseIf2"
Daniel-'"The registers not posted up, my
liege,
But there be tens of thousands, I'll be sworn"
Grover-"Tens of thousands Holy algebra!
But there's plus-age quite x-orbitant;
An it ensues till resurrection day
The mention O. our name will scar the earth
As it were scanned with erysipelas.
An it pleases Providence to pepper thus
To tack our door-plate on all Christendom
And label cen the rabble wi the same
Then, by'r halidome! tits ours t. inject
This crisis wi the iron of reform.
Speed thou the edict, Daniel, and thereon
Draft thou law making 1t penalty
Of twenty thousand lashes wi the knout
For any subject of our realm to use
Henceforth our name for christ ming pur-
poses"
Daniel-"All which, Sir Maximus, shall be
obeyed."
Grover-"And see that thine obedience halt
est not'
By old Tiberius we'll dam this tide
OF arrant flattery; enough's enough.
We've no remonstrance that at intervals
Our name is ia en- for natal episodes,
But when tits sifted DER the universe,
Blended with larva of both hemisphcres,
Linked unto Arab, Hottentot, pappoose,
Tadpole, cub pullet whelp and whippersnap,
Sown so abundant to the sucking world
That at the drone of its monotony
The very dogs do howl, then doth arise
Our Buffalonian bile to antidote
This trucking, parasitic tendency.
- YonkerS Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
THE ARTISTIC GIRL.
She models strange figures in clay;
She dacnrates daftlu all dav.

She models strange figures in clay;
She decorates deity all day;
She paints squirming dragons
On porcelain flagons
With talent that none can gainsay.
She fashions the strangest knick-knacks
She paints on myriad plaques
The whitest of lilies
And daffydown dillies,
And tulips and punches of "Jacs."
Zen boxes that erstwhile held soap
Afford her wild genius scope;
She paints on them pansies
And arabesque fancies,
And anchors, the emblem of hope.
On plates at the table we find
In brightest of colors outlined,
Geraniums, myrtle,
impossible turtle,
And snakes of original kind.
She paints with her might and her main
Frogs, lizards, stork or u crane;
Fantasies reptilian
Fill this fair civilian,
And odd sorts of birds fill her brain.
Well, since you admit no restraint,
Some subjects beg you to paint
With pleasanter features
Than such squirming creatures
As those you denominate quaint.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
RED AND WHITE ROSES.
LOUISE CHANDLER MoULroN.

Roses the lover gives to his love;
Roses we lay on the breast of death
That never more fondest whisper can move
Which is the sweeter, answer and prove,
Passionate love or sleep without breath?
For love you burn with a crimson fire,
For death you are pale as the winters
snow;
Warm for one, with the hearts desire,
Cold for the other, since hopes expire
Which is the sweeter? When shall we
know
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23

"Don't say nowthin' to me bout a bird in
the hand ben' with two in the bush," said
tried an l knows. I took bird out of er
bush ther other night-it were fine brown
Leghorn bird an it were something Nv high
bush-an' hadn't mort got it nicely in my
hand fore er man blazed way with adouble-
barreled shotgun an filled my legs so full o.
1t 'u'd bin blame sight better fer me eff
ther d bin mort hun'red birds in that air
bush than jes' the neck O one in my hand
with shot a-crackin' inter my gs."-Da-
kOLn Bell
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23

Years ago-some say forty, others thirty
a young girl was in the act of placing white
pitcher on a post which stands near the South
Carolina railway, five miles from Aiken,
when she was struck dead by lightning.
Ever since this tragic occurrence the white
pitcher has remained on the post, safe by
slpe -stition from the touch of negroes,
who believe that the arm which touches it
will be paralyzed. Storms and cyclones and
earthquakes have not displaced it, although
the post which holds it is fast crumbling
with decay
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may or may not have train, as the wearer
pleases. Many have Vatican pleat in the
back, style always graceful and generally
becoming
In the gown illustrated, one of the more
elaborate styles is seen, as there are degrees
OF elegance in these loose dresses for while
some are merely negliges for use in ones
own room, others are made elegant enough
to receive ones friends in from breakfast
until dinner. In this instance the gown
proper is of moss-green surah, with an in
serted front and finely pleated skirt portion
of India silk in green of pale tint. The
finish to the twisted green silk cord about
the waist consists of tassels of green crystal,
and the grelots on the edge of the jacket
fronts and sleeves are also of green crystpl.
At this season, when so many are
preparing for trip away, travelling dresses
and cloaks are subject of much interest.
In the accompanying sketches will be seen
excellent models for travelling gown and q
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
A Moral Standing on Its Head.

Eyes, gave each of my sons 5000 and
sent them West to make their fortunes
John invested his money in cattle ranch
and went to work in earnest. 1t grieves me
to say that Henry, disregarding my admoni-
tons about honesty and industry, started
faro bank"
"And it all turned out in the usual way,
suppose" o,,,. ,o,,,,. o...,o ..,,
now, and has lent him money to come home
with" -Drake's Travellers Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
The Rival Inter-oceanic Canals.

The Nicaragua Canal Company is making
its preparations to begin work when the in
evitable collapse of the Panama Canal Com
pany comes. 1t has just made its first pay
ment Of 800, 900 to the Nicaragua republic
for the concession, the terms of which leave
it two and one-half years to complete its sur
veys and year after in which to begin the
work of construction. AS this canal route is
far less costly than that over the isthmus of
Panama and will take shorter time TO build,
and the capital available for great enterprises
success ought not 10 be diminished by the
apparent failure of the other enterprise
Mem York Times
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dust cloak, both OF them designed by first
class ladies' tailors.
The costume is of fine striped light gray
summer cloth, made wholly of the one ma
terial without any trimming other than a
velvet collar and cuffs, depending simply on
the elegance of its draping and perfection of
fit for its style. The draperies are long, reach
ing to the hem of the lower skirt and COM
pletely covering it, disposed gracefully across
the front, laid in deep pleats at the sides and
very full at the back.
The hat is of gray straw, trimmed with
dark blue velvet and blue forget-me-nots.
The dust cloak is of fawn-colored cloth,
the four capes trimmed with wide, flat braid
in lights shade of brown. The Tyrolean hat
is of straw, bound and banded with brown
corded silk in very plain, rather mannish,
style. Any other neat, pretty chapeau may
be substituted for this one, if preferred
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23

abnormally short, like
that of a htnch-back,
only it was straight and without apparent
spinal trouble.
Seated in the witness chair, his head was
scarcely higher than would have been that
of ten-year-old lad. He testified that he
resided in cabin in one of the narrow ra-
vines in the great hills, some three miles
from the prisoners home, and half as far
from where the killing occurred.
By trade, he was q cobbler and worked at
that when able to do anything, which for
much of the time he was not, having, as his
eyes had at once bespoken, heart disease
Hesitatingy, and, as fancied, reluctantly,
he testified that he had known the deceased
when child and ON until he had removed
hither some years before; that the father
of Carr and himself had lived neighbors in
Pennsylvania.
The prisoners boots, one at time, were
then passed to him. He identified them as
belonging to, and as having been brought to
him to be mended, by the accused, three
days before the murder. He had put the pc
culiar patches on, and had driven the heavy
iron tacks in the heel of the left one. He
did not know why he had driven the large
square-headed tack in the middle of the
heel, nor why he had not driven it home.
Having said this slowly and only in an
swer to questions, he passed the boot back
to the prosecutor. And as he did So l made
discovery which, for the moment, stayed
the beating of my heart / looked quickly
at Blake. He, too, had made the discovery,
and his face had grown, in an instant, pale
as death. Our eyes met and each knew
what was in the others mind.
My associate, Goodwin, was about to cross
examine. Leaning forward said in a hoarse
whisper:
'Let him go; do not ask him single
question p'
My excitement seemed to vex Goodwin.
''In Gods name, what ais your" he
asked.
II can't explain now, but do as 1 re-
quest! !" urged.
And addressing the court with poorly con-
cealed agitation, said:
IF your honor please we shall not cross
examine the witness, but desire that he shall
be required to remain in attendance, as we
may want to examine him on behalf of the
defendant"
The witness was instructed to return to-
morrow; and the court adjourned.
After the exchange of glances between
Blake and myself he had left the room.
FASTENED down to the street and looking
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
DAINTY DRESSES.
Handsome Costumes for Wear In the
House-Traveling Suits.
NORMA RLAKE.

Among the most dainty dresses of my
ladys wardrobe are the teagowns or house
dresses. Soft silks in light tints printed with
designs in Pompadour colors, challis, veil
ings, striped flannels in light qualities, cam
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23

brics and satteens are
the IN ate ri ais of
which they are fash
ionably made, with
the addition of deep
houncing lace and
many ribbon bows.
The shape is uslNslly
a loose robe cut in
one from the neck
to the hem, fitting
the figure in the
back, with deep
pleatS lald below the
waist to give extra
fullness to the skirt,
and having a loose,
full front falling
down straight. 1t is
for this inserted
front that the founc-
ing lace is used, or
mayhap crepe de
chine, India silk, or
other soft, fine fab
ric. Such garments
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
What Are They Among So Many?

When Mrs. Homespun saw the Grand
Army men on Memorial Day she asked:
"Are these the men who write the war arti-
Giles in the magazines?" She was informed
that they were few of them.-Boston Tran
Sc1iDk
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Under the direction of the court, on the
suggestion of the prosecutor, the jury, sitting
in their box, rendered verdict of mot
Guilty" And my client, scarcely able to
take in the rapidly shifting events, was dis
charged amidst the congratulations of the
people who just now were witness
ing the progress of the trial, not doubt
ing his guilt.
Blake was happier than his benefactor, by
so much as he was more capable of joy and
suffering.
For myself, l can recall, even now, the
supreme sense of triumph felt as I saw the
pleasant faces of the spectators as they looked
upon Blake and myself silently clasping each
others hands.
But this feeling of triumph was not, how
ever, unmixed. For many days the face of
the dead witness was rarely absent from my
mind.
l fancied there was something inexpres
sibly pathetic and pitiable in it as l recalled
its aspect.
instituted the most searching inquiry as
to the mans antecedents. All that l could
learn from his neighbors was that he had
come into the neighborhood some two years
before and lived alone in the cabin, mending
shoes and -r'ding; but mixing rarely with
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
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A very elegant, dressy costume is the one
here illustrated, suitable for visiting, after
noon drives at watering-places, &c.
1t is of Henrietta cloth in soft shade of
pearl gray, trimmed with bright blue velvet.
The panels at the side of the skirt are braided
in silver, and the bodice is trimmed with
velvet and has waistcoat of soft white silk
laid in folds, the lower part braided to match
the panels.
The hat is of fine gray straw, faced with
blue velvet and trimmed very high with folds
of silk and an aigrette of white feathers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
Hard Lines for the Coiored Brother.

A colored gentleman was heard to remark:
Times am changed; de hog law, lokal
cotton an bard wire fences am gwine to
ruin de country. "-Brsnham (Tsx.) Banner.